Indian Kanoon- IPC Section 8 Gender

Provision

The pronoun "he" and its derivatives are used of any person, whether male or female

Simply Put

In this code wherever He is mentioned (like who commits an act he shall be made liable, one who commits theft he shall be held liable) it is mentioned without Gender, that means He in this act denotes both 'He' & 'She'.

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